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Richland
One 2004 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Gala
Photo Gallery
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The
Partners In Education Foundation
presented the inaugural Richland
One Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Gala on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004 at
the Columbia Metropolitan Convention
Center. The first eight members of
the Richland One Hall of Fame were
inducted during the black-tie event: former
astronaut Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles
F. Bolden Jr.; Miss America
1994 Kimberly Aiken Cockerham; former
SCETV President Henry J. Cauthen;
the Rev. Joseph A. Darby, NAACP leader
and pastor of Morris Brown AME Church
in Charleston; Sonoco CEO Harris
E. DeLoach Jr.; the late Cornell
Alvin Johnson, former supervisor
of schools; Nobel Prize-winning chemist
Dr. Kary B. Mullis; and former Richland
One Superintendent Dr. John R. Stevenson.
BellSouth was the title sponsor of
the inaugural Hall of Fame gala. |
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Richland
Cadet Squadron SC-802 of the
Civil Air Patrol presented
the colors at the beginning
of the Hall of Fame gala. |
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WIS
TV anchor Craig Melvin, a graduate
of Columbia High, served as
the master of ceremonies for
the evening. |
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Miss America
1994 Kimberly Aiken Cockerham,
a Columbia High graduate, was
one of the eight persons inducted
into the Richland One Hall
of Fame during the gala. |
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Hall
of Fame inductee Charles F.
Bolden Jr. (second from left),
a graduate of C.A. Johnson
High School, accepted his plaque
during the ceremony from (left
to right) Ron Anderson, vice
chairman of the Partners In Education Board of Directors; former
Richland One Superintendent Dr. Ronald Epps; school board member
Vince Ford; and PIE Board Chairman Henri Etta Baskins. |
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Inductee
Harris E. DeLoach Jr., a graduate
of Eau Claire High, gives remarks
during the
ceremony. |
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PIE
Board Chairman Henri Etta Baskins
(left) enjoys the evening's
festivities with BellSouth
colleague Martha Scott Smith. |
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Inductee
Henry J. Cauthen and his wife,
Jeannette, share a special
moment during the VIP reception
before the gala. Cauthen is
a graduate of Dreher High. |
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PIE
board member Jamie Devine and
his wife, Columbia City Councilwoman
Tameika Isaac Devine, enjoy
the evening. |
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The
inductees paused for a photo
before the gala. Shown are
(from left) Dr. John R. Stevenson;
Dr. Kary B. Mullis; Kimberly
Aiken Cockerham; Cornell Alvin
Johnson Jr., Ethel J.
Berry and Willis J. Charles, children of the late Cornell Alvin
Johnson; Harris E. DeLoach Jr.; Henry J. Cauthen; the Rev. Joseph
A. Darby; and Charles F. Bolden Jr. |
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The
Sunrise Jazz Band provided
musical entertainment before
and during the gala. |
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